Brian
27 de agosto de 2015
Best Lifting Straps on the Planet
I lift 6 days a week and my three main weak links are my wrists, tendonitis in my right elbow/forearm and right shoulder. I noticed that changing my workout to pull/pull/push/push/arms/legs (days) decreased my pain by allowing more recovery time in my forearms over spreading out pull days. I've never been a fan of straps because they take time to wrap, dig into my wrists and unless I'm super careful wrapping they alter the shape of the bar/grip.One of my gym buddies recommended two things: these straps and a forearm strap. I already had a forearm strap with a gel 'lump' that presses into the tendon bit never thought to use it while weight lifting. These straps looked bulky but he was a chiropractor and serious trainer so I gave it a shot.These straps are the greatest things since pre workout! Simple, unbelievably effective and very well made. These hold so well I now use a false grip for most pulling moves including dead lift and shrugs. These have a thumb relief so a natural grip is fine, but I find when doing barbell shrugs, lat pull downs, and other exercises that a false grip is more comfortable and with these the grip/hold is so strong I can confidently grip barbell and dumbells any way I feel like and there is zero.zerozero chance it'll slip.I train hard, like have to wipe the floor sometimes from sweat hard and I've never once felt like these could possibly slip. I've seen a definite increase in my traps, lats and back training since using these. For reference I used to shrug barbell till failure then immediately do strip sets of dumbell shrugs to failure and would start with 80lb dumbells since my grip was already tired from 40+ shrugs with 350-200 lbs on barbell. Now I start with 100 or 90s and plan on stepping up to 110s in the next two weeks. Absolutely no way I could do that without these straps.Regular straps are a PITA to use on dumbells; these, again, let me use a false grip on 100 lb dumbells! Scary the first time but now it's just natural.Over all these two small changes have increased my lifting, decreased my pain and the dinner I promised him to thank him will surely cost a lot more than these did. Get off the fence and buy these. Best damn straps on the planet. I've used all the standards, padded standards and even the built in hooks. The hooks are great but awkward and limit movement and form. Regular straps are too slow, too much work, dig into my wrist too much and rarely inspire confidence. These are perfect. Worth every nickle.Ver másVer menos
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